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ge-witleás

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S. 1, 67. of actions God wolde gewítnian ðá Niniuitiscan for heora gewitleásum dǽdum, Hml. S. 13, 274

fyrmest

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adj.

excellent

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Voc. ii. 67, 7, and add: marking order in time Hé tó fulluhte heora fyrmest beáh, Hml. S. 10, 150. Seó bóc ys geháten Genesis, . . . for þám þe heó ys firmest bóca, Ælfc. Gen.

lǽswian

(v.)
Grammar
lǽswian, lǽsian: p. ode, ede, trans. and intrans.

To pasturefeedgraze

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Heord swýna lǽsiendra [lésuuandra, Lind.] grex porcorum pascentium, 8, 32. On lǽswigendum eówdum in pascendis gregibus, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 28, 20

Linked entry: lǽsian

efen-réþe

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-réþe, adj.
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Equally cruel Romulus heora forma cyning and Brutus heora forma consul wurdon emnréðe Brutus, primus consul, primum regem Romae exaequare parricidio studuit, Ors. 2, 3; S. 68, 6

Linked entry: réþe

æt-hrínan

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Heó his hrægeles fnædes æthrán, Hml. A. 182, 49: 187, 177. ꝥ Ne æthrín ðú mín noli me tangere, Jn. 20, 17. with dat. Ic nǽfre ne æthrán hire leomum, Hml. A. 204, 304. Heó nolde were æthrínan, 135, 654. with acc. Hé hig æthrán, Mt. 17, 7.

sáwel

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel, ol, ul, sáwl, sául, sówhul, ¨ e; f.

The soulthe soul, the animal lifethe soul,a soul, a human creature

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Ðæt hé gefriðie heora sáwla fram deáþe, and hí féde on hungres tíde, Ps.

Linked entry: sáwel-leás

ge-sceamian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceamian, -sceomian, -scamian, -scomian; p. ode ; pp. od.

To blush, be ashamed, be confoundederubescĕre, confundiTo shame, cause or bring shame to, confoundpūdēre, confundĕreto be ashamed

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Gesceamige heom erubescant, Ps. Lamb. 6, 11: Ps. Th. 30, 19. Gisceomiga confundas, Rtl. 125, 15

Linked entries: ge-scamian ge-scomian

eald-hláford

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Cf. weard unhióre goldmáðmas heóld, 2413) wæs, B. 2778. Hé gemunde þára ealdrihta ðe hí under ðám Cáserum hæfdon heora ealdhláfordum, Bt. 1; F. 2, 17: Met. 1, 63

tó-sceótan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sceótan, p. -sceát, pl. -scuton

To rush in different directionsto dispersehurriedly,scatter

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Ðá wǽron ða munecas swíðe áférede, nyston hwet heom tó dónne wǽre, ac tóscuton; sume urnon intó cyrcean, Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 12. Þe shell toshett (burst asunder) on þe schire ground. Whan it cofli tooclef þer crep oute an addre, Alis. (Skt.) 1008

gang-pyt

(n.)
Grammar
gang-pyt, -pytt, es; m.

A privylatrīna

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A privy; latrīna On ðære nyðemestan fléringe wæs heora gangpyt and heora myxen on the lowermost flooring [of the ark] was their privy and their dunghill, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 7

mid-ferhtness

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ferhtness, e; f.

Middle age

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Middle age Seó heora iúgoþ and seó midfyrhtnes bútan ǽgwylcum leahtre gestanden, hwylc talge wé ðæt seó yldo and se ende ðæs heora lífes wǽre? Blickl. Homl. 163, 3-6

Linked entry: -ferhtness

æftemest

(adj.)
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From heora ǽrestan cyninge oþ heora æftemæstan (-mest-, v. 1.) Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 14

ǽ-lǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-lǽte, adj.

Desert, desolate

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Desert, desolate Oð ðæt heora burga weorðan ǽlǽte and weorðan heora eardas swýðe áwéste donec desolentur civitates absque habitatore, et domus sine homine, et terra relinquetur deserta, Wlfst. 47, 21

scip-wíse

(n.)
Grammar
scip-wíse, an; f.
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Ðá nam heó ánne riscenne windel on scipwísan gesceapenne sumpsit fiscellam scirpeam, Ex. 2, 3

blód-forlǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
blód-forlǽtan, p. -forlét, pl. -forléton; pp. -forlǽten

To let blood, bleedsanguinem emittere, phlebotomare

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To let blood, bleed; sanguinem emittere, phlebotomare Ðæt heó niwan blódforlǽten wǽre on earme that she had been lately bled in the arm; quia phlebotomata est nuper in brachio, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 4

sype

(n.)
Grammar
sype, es; m.

Suction

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Suction Seó eorþe ðæt wæter helt and be sumum dǽle swilgþ, and for ðam sype heó biþ geleht, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 6: Met. 20, 97. Similar entries v. Cf. súpan, and next word

þurh-wrecan

(v.)

to thrust through

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to thrust through Sumne heó mid sweorde ofslógen, sumne mid spiten betweón felle and flǽsce þurhwrǽcon, Homl. Ass. 171, 39. Óð hielt þurhwrecen (ense) capulo tenus (per utraque latera) adacto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 69

brýd-þing

(n.)
Grammar
brýd-þing, pl. n.
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heó mihte féran tó þǽm brýdþingum, 87, 22. Ongunnon hys yldran hyne laþian tó brýdþingum his parents wanted him to marry, 152, 22

hræglung

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Heó him andswarode: '. . . se gegyrla þe ic hæfde sóna swá ic Iordanen oferfór mid swíðlicre ealdunge tótorene forwurdon,' Hml. S. 23 b, 567. Add

súsl-cwalu

(n.)
Grammar
súsl-cwalu, e; f.
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A destruction or death accompanied by torment Ða árleásan geseóþ heora wíte and heora súselcwale hym tóweard, Wulfst. 238, 23. Ðú scealt habban súselcwale á on écnysse, 241, 13